Remember this was ca 1967 not 1767:

In a memo dating from this period, Colonial Office head Denis Greenhill (later Lord Greenhill of Harrow) wrote to the British Delegation at the UN:

"The object of the exercise is to get some rocks which will remain ours; there will be no indigenous population except seagulls who have not yet got a committee. Unfortunately, along with the seagulls go some few Tarzans and Man Fridays who are hopefully being wished on Mauritius."

How many hundreds of years does one have to live on the land to be considered a culture of long standing? The answer is Blowing in the Wind.....

I agree with the British High court, this is repugnant. In fact, IMO, this is beyond repugnant.